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[CIVIL WAR] The War-era Union uniform of Captain Alfred Lacey Hough. A substantially complete Union Captains uniform, 1860s...
. A substantially complete Union Captain's uniform, 1860s. Comprising Hough's leather boots, trousers, vest (7 original buttons with central eagle with "I" within shield), single-breasted coat with two shoulder straps and ten original buttons as above (of 11, one replaced), ceremonial helmet with crossed rifle side buttons with plume and spike, associated cords, purple sash, leather belt with an eagle buckle, associated shoulder straps and other items present. A very well preserved uniform overall. The leather belt, boots, and pants are particularly rare. Certain pieces worn in predictable places indicating use, buttons lacking as described above, the lot sold with all faults.
In 1861, Alfred Lacey Hough (1824-1908) enlisted with the "Washington Grays" of the 17th Pennsylvania Volunteers but resigned that commission and was made Captain of the 19th U.S. Infantry of which this is his service uniform. Captain Hough would serve in the Army of the Cumberland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia from the period following the Battle of Shiloh in 1862 through to the Battle of Nashville in late 1864 where he faught alongside General George Henry Thomas (The Rock of Chickamauga). At the conclusion of the war, Hough remained aide-de-camp to Thomas at Louisville and followed him to the Military Division of the Pacific in 1869. A career military man, Hough was elevated to the rank of Colonel and served throughout the Southwest before retiring in 1890. His letters to his wife during the Civil War were published in 1957 by the University of Pennsylvania as Soldier in the West: The Civil War Letters of Alfred Lacey Hough.
C Estate of Lacey B. Smith
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